District Music Test Flashcards
About how many different covers of “Big Yellow Taxi” have been recorded?
575
Who composed Ame no ki (Rain Tree)
Toru Takemitsu
Which instrument plays a cadenza before the entrance of the first theme in “On the Trail”?
violin
The singer of “Despite Repeated Warnings” was a member of what iconic band?
The Beatles
The A section in What a Wonderful World cadences on which scale degree, creating a lack of resolution?
mediant
Which BEST describes the text setting technique used on the world “time” in Idioteque.
melismatic
Sumer is icumen in is MOST strongly associated with which musical era?
Medieval (c. 1250)
Which English poet partially inspired Hermit Thrush at Morn?
John Clare
The cellos play grace notes in Global Warming, suggesting what style of folk music?
Irish
The excerpt included in the USAD Music Resource Guide from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 comes from which movement?
“Thunderstorm”
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) was made under which record label?
Motown
Around which year did the equal temperament tuning system become dominant?
1750
How many movements does Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony have?
5
Musical representations of tempests can be found as early as which era?
Baroque
What is the term for the fifth scale degree in a diatonic scale?
dominant
Who composed Le quatuor pour la fin du temps (“Quartet for the End of Time”)?
Olivier Messiaen
Which is the term that designates a slowing of tempo?
ritardando
Which friend of Toru Takemitsu’s was a source of inspiration, especially because of their visit to Hawai’i?
Kenzaburo Oe
For which instrument did Michael Daugherty compose his concerto Reflections on the Mississippi?
tuba